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“I listen to what you say, but I hear what you mean”— and more Free CLE.
And so I found myself pondering the quote, “I listen to what you say, but I hear what you mean.” It was attributed to Agatha Christie’s famed Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, as played by actor David...
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Arizona Bar says “Finish the Ballot!” with 250 simoleons.
Last week, the State Bar of Arizona launched an odd campaign. It’s a social media contest using the photo sharing, video streaming site Instagram. Called Finish the Ballot!, the contest is supposed to...
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Even with judicial performance reviews, it’s still eeny, meeny, miny, moe.
On Sunday, the local paper ran an editorial long on conceit but short on illumination. “Kick these judges off the bench” proclaimed the Arizona Republic’s Editorial Board. The Op-ed was a day ahead of...
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Chutzpah, hubris and hazard.
Wisconsin lawyer Michael Cicchini dropped another provocative “truth bomb” this week at The Legal Watchdog entitled, “The lawyer job market.” Cicchini posted about how ridiculously difficult it still...
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Anthony Warren settlement and the tiny violins play.
Lawyers get a bad rap even when sometimes it’s deserved. But in the case of Alabama lawyers Wendy Brooks Crew, Alyson Hood Rains and Cameron Hogan, I’m not so sure. The three lawyers have been...
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Of lying labradors and lie-detection.
_________________________________________________________________ A guy is driving around the back woods of Montana and he sees a sign in front of a broken down shanty-style house: “Talking Dog For...
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Status of AZ Bar’s ‘pay to play’ CLE precertification unknown. Elsewhere,...
This Wednesday, it’ll be two months since the State Bar of Arizona considered a proposal to protect its two-million dollar revenue laying Golden Goose known as Bar-sponsored continuing legal education...
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Damned with paid praise.
Starting in law school, continuing till the final hour’s billed, and doubtless, just before the toe tag’s attached, there’ll be a marketer trying to wrest a lawyer’s last discretionary death’s door...
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“Finish the Contest” and more FREE ONLINE CLE
Two months ago, the State Bar of Arizona ran a lame contest via Instagram to encourage voters to “Finish the Ballot!” Voters here aren’t particularly fond of playing “eeny, meeny, miny, moe” to figure...
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New service brushes up on a lawyer’s bailiwick.
Having felt trapped more than once in a corporation or public utility’s fifth circle of customer service hell, I empathize with the public’s anger and frustration. Nothing elevates the blood pressure...
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Needed: state bar truth-in-advertising about continuing legal education.
Image, Wikimedia Common So here it’s almost year-end with so much to update and so little time, including that the Arizona State Bar’s ‘pay to play’ CLE precertification scheme was unexpectedly voted...
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Wisconsin Bar surveys its lawyers and like Arizona, charges survey-takers for...
Since it’s pretty much routine anymore for the State Bar of Arizona to survey its lawyers every three years to put together its Economics of Law Practice Report, I don’t dwell on it anymore. I...
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Belated Happy New Year to “the noble profession.”
About a year ago, I again posted about how far, in the minds of some, the ‘noble profession of law’ has slipped its ‘surly bonds‘ — but not ‘to touch the face of God’ — thanks in part to lawyer...
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Everything’s better with bacon, including FREE CLE.
It’s been a few years since I last made reference to bacon. And that’s despite my knowing full well that a lot of people think bacon ought to go with just about everything, perhaps even “The...
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The six things I forgot about desert sushi.
A number of years ago when lawyering was not even a twinkle in my eye, I traveled to Flagstaff, Arizona on overnight business. For dinner that evening, my employee suggested of all things — that we...
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Pre-Super Bowl Trepidations.
I don’t have a team to root for in this Sunday’s Super Bowl XLIX. The Packers choked like Luca Brasi and the 49’ers were never in the hunt. That said, I still plan to watch the game although not out...
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Bats and misconduct.
I had bats on my mind yesterday. First there was the report Thursday about bats causing pandemonium sending people screaming from an Arkansas courtroom. I’ve been in really old courthouses and know...
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Swallows roost and state bars root for “convention patrons.”
The Eastern Seaboard may still be buried in ice and snow. But Spring beckons all the same. And come March — like swallows that supposedly always return to Mission San Juan Capistrano, U.S. lawyers...
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State Bar Task Force — so far, ‘everything is awesome.’
In August, I reported the Arizona Supreme Court had directed the creation of a state bar task force to review “The Role and Governance Structure of the State Bar of Arizona.” But knowing how things...
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A life well said.
Long time readers know I’m continually inspired by ‘seize-the-day’ true believers of any age and persuasion, but especially by those still sucking the marrow out of life — even as the sun ebbs. Last...
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